Support, tolerate, reject: The Russian response to Trump’s Ukraine peace plan
The draft US peace plan to end Russia’s war on Ukraine appeases many Russian demands. Yet Moscow will likely still find the deal unacceptable
Experts & Staff
Anton Barbashin
Visiting Researcher
Areas of expertise
Russian foreign policy
Languages
Russian, English
Biography
Anton Barbashin is a visiting researcher for ECFR’s European Security Programme and a co-founder and editorial director at Riddle Russia. Prior to his work on Riddle Russia, Anton was a co-founder and managing editor of Warsaw-based Russia-focused analytical outlet Intersection Project and between 2014 and 2018 he was an analyst with the Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding.
Since 2023, Barbashin has been a senior member of University Consortium. He was a non-resident research fellow at the Atlantic Council from 2019 to 2021 and was a visiting expert at the Kennan Institute, Wilson Center in 2017. He is currently a post-graduate researcher at the University of Glasgow.
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